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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



I'oulfry UiNcase Control C'aiiip:ii^n StarttMl 



Continued from page 13, oolumn 1 

 tested and then do not remove birds 

 which are carriers of the disease. 



Prevention the Solution 



Infectious diseases are the ones which 

 cause the greatest losses to poultrymen. 

 It has been wisely stated that the best 

 cure for sick hens is the axe. It always 

 has been and always will be, we believe. 

 Even though a bird recovers from an in- 

 fectious disease, it seldom if ever regains 

 its full productive capacity. Fortunately 

 the loss from infectious diseases can be 

 practically eliminated by following a 

 simple preventitive progi-am: 



I. Use corrosive sublimate (bichloride 

 of mercury) 2 ounces in 1-5 gallons of 

 water on the floors and part way up the 

 walls of brooder houses. 



II. Raise chicks on clean land. This 

 means land on which hens have not run 

 for 2 years and on which . hen manure 

 has not been spread for a like period. 



III. No animal can long maintain 

 health in intimate contact with its own 

 body waste. Clean out the brooder 

 houses often! Don't fool yourself by sim- 

 ply adding more littej'! If the sod around 

 the broodei' house gets worn off, fence the 

 chicks off it. In damp weather it will 

 save you slipping even if you don't care 

 about the chickens. 



IV. Intestional worms do not help 

 poultry. "Gold Leaf Tobacco" dust will 

 keep them out if properly used. All to- 

 bacco dust will not work! 



JANUARY POULTRY 



SUMMARY 



Twenty-seven farms in this county re- 

 ported on their poultry business in Janu- 

 ary. The following is a summary of 

 these reports: — 



County State 

 No. farms reporting 27 114 



No. hens and pullets 8061 31834 



Average birds per farm 298 279 

 Eggs per bii'd 10.2 10.2 



Egg receipts per bird 43c 44f 



Grain Costs per bird 18( 25<' 



No. farms selling poulti-y 8 67 



Poultry Sold per farm ' $20.38 $33.74 



There is still room for more poultry- 

 men to use this service. Six new men re- 

 ported. Why don't you? To average 

 160 eggs for the year, the flock .should 

 lay 10 eggs in January. Eleven of the 

 27 reporting did better than this and 

 helped bring the county average up. 



Five flocks in the county produced over 

 12 eggs as follows: — 



Eggs 

 Per Bird 



1. Hillside School, Greenwich 16.5 



2. Phillips Parsons, Southampton 14.7 



3. Henry Witt, Belchertown 



4. Frank Steele, Cummington 



5. Florence Elwell, Northampton 



C'ontiued on page 15, column 1 



PASTE THIS 0^ 



YOUR EGG RECORD 



A flock of hens that averages 160 eggs 

 a year per hen is a good flock. From 

 egg laying contest records, the following 

 standard of production was made up 

 showing the number of eggs per hen such 

 a flock should average in each month : 



November 8 



December 10 



January 10 



February 12 



March 19 



April 21 



May 20 



June 18 



July 16 



August 13 



September 7 



October 6 



BETTER FARMING THE 



ONLY SAFE RELIANCE 



After we have done everything that 

 it is possible to do toward improving 

 agriculture as a whole it still will be 

 true that only those who farm intelli- 

 gently and carefully, who work diligently 

 and save reasonably can hope to prosper. 

 Those who fall below these standards 

 will make at best but a bare living. 



It is a mistaken notion that when prices 

 are low because of overproduction that 

 the remedy is to take less pains and let 

 the yields of our acres and of our ani- 

 mals run down. Such practice leads to 

 but one end — bankruptcy. Whatever the 

 price, it is the man tlnit makes the high- 

 est returns on his acres ivlio is most jjros- 

 perous. The truth is the lower the price 

 of the product the greater the need for 



high efficiency in producing it. When 

 prices are high even mediocre yields are 

 profitable, but such yields are always un- 

 profitable when the prices are low. 

 Therefore the more discouraging the price 

 of farm products, the greater the neces- 

 sity for good farming. ***** Except 

 for brief periods when we were fanning 

 new land that had been virtually a gift 

 from the Government those who have 

 taken only average pains have never pros- 

 pered. There is no more new land now. 

 Henceforth we shall have to farm old 

 land and pay a good round price into 

 the bargain for it. No agriculture can 

 be prosperous in the face of declining 

 yields and rising production costs. The 

 surest way to cut production costs is by 

 increasing the yields of our acres and our 

 animals. The farmer who disregards 

 this law cannot be saved by any outside 

 help. From an editorial by H. J. Waters 

 in the Weekly Kansas City Star for De- 

 cember .5th. 



RAISE HEALTHY CHICKS! 



CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE 



is valuable for 



Disinfecting Brooder Houses and Yards 



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We carry it in powdered form j| 



Put up in the size package you need {' 



It is cheaper by the pound * 



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Northampton, 



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